Published: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 8:35 p.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 8:35 p.m.

Wayne A. Nielsen

Wayne A. Nielsen, vice president of human resources at Ocala Regional Medical Center, was taken into custody at ORMC shortly before 5 p.m. on nine counts of possession of child pornography.

Jail records show bond for the 56-year-old married Ocala man was set at $9,000 and a court date was slated for Sept. 16. As of Tuesday night, Nielsen was still at the jail.

According to a report by Detective Mike Dodd, the Sheriff's Office received information in May that images of child pornography may have been uploaded to an email address belonging to a Cox Communications customer.

The State Attorney's Office obtained a subpoena for information on the subscriber, including the subscriber's address, and detectives got a search warrant.

Dodd, Detective Flex Rodriguez and Sgt. Jerry Bevan went to Nielsen's home, where they confiscated several laptops. One had multiple pictures of child pornography, officials said.

The detectives were told that Nielsen was at work and went there to interview him.

Nielsen told Dodd the pictures were “photos of art” and denied they were child pornography.

Detectives said they learned that, at one point, Nielsen took his personal laptop to work, where he used the Internet to access child porn and stored it. He then went home and was able to get the images.

Detectives said Nielsen did not use his work laptop to access child porn.

A spokesperson for HCA Hospital Corp., the owner of ORMC, confirmed that Nielsen is the vice president of human resources at ORMC but had no further comment.

<p>Marion County sheriff's detectives arrested a hospital executive on child porn charges Monday afternoon.</p><p>Wayne A. Nielsen, vice president of human resources at Ocala Regional Medical Center, was taken into custody at ORMC shortly before 5 p.m. on nine counts of possession of child pornography.</p><p>Jail records show bond for the 56-year-old married Ocala man was set at $9,000 and a court date was slated for Sept. 16. As of Tuesday night, Nielsen was still at the jail. </p><p>According to a report by Detective Mike Dodd, the Sheriff's Office received information in May that images of child pornography may have been uploaded to an email address belonging to a Cox Communications customer.</p><p>The State Attorney's Office obtained a subpoena for information on the subscriber, including the subscriber's address, and detectives got a search warrant.</p><p>Dodd, Detective Flex Rodriguez and Sgt. Jerry Bevan went to Nielsen's home, where they confiscated several laptops. One had multiple pictures of child pornography, officials said.</p><p>The detectives were told that Nielsen was at work and went there to interview him.</p><p>Nielsen told Dodd the pictures were “photos of art” and denied they were child pornography.</p><p>Detectives said they learned that, at one point, Nielsen took his personal laptop to work, where he used the Internet to access child porn and stored it. He then went home and was able to get the images.</p><p>Detectives said Nielsen did not use his work laptop to access child porn.</p><p>A spokesperson for HCA Hospital Corp., the owner of ORMC, confirmed that Nielsen is the vice president of human resources at ORMC but had no further comment.</p>